Bill Brand

Miniseries

1976 · 11 episodes · 11h 0m in all · 8.0/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. In

   7 Jun 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   First episode of a TV series about a young working-class lecturer with an uncompromising commitment to socialism who is elected to Parliament as a Labour MP.

2. 2

   2. You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse

   14 Jun 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.

3. 3

   3. Yarn

   21 Jun 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.

4. 4

   4. Now and in England

   28 Jun 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.

5. 5

   5. August for the Party

   5 Jul 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.

6. 6

   6. Resolution

   12 Jul 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.

7. 7

   7. Tranquillity of the Realm

   19 Jul 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand surprises and alarms his colleagues on the standing committee for an anti-terrorism bill by using it as a platform from which to berate the Government.

8. 8

   8. Rabbles

   26 Jul 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.

9. 9

   9. Anybody's

   2 Aug 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

   Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.

10. 10

    10. Revisions

    9 Aug 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

    Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.

11. 11

    11. It Is the People Who Create

    16 Aug 1976 · 60 min · 8.0/10

    Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.